Speed tuned gears

[Skills]

I am thinking of buying speed tuned gears for my TL01 do they make much difference?

Thanks

[Virus]

i think the name of them could help []

i was going to fit some in my TL01 but its past living now more a spares/repair job

Paul

[Skills]

yeah I meant do they make a big difference.

[GPZ1000RX]

I could be wrong but, as I understand it, Speed Tuned gears are intended to provide a means of changing ratios so that cars with fixed gearing can be altered to suit different motors/tracks.

ie. lower (smaller pinion/larger spur) for twisty tracks/revvier motors. Higher (larger pinion/smaller spur) for flowing fast tracks/torquier motors.

they won't give you more performance on their own and probably arn't worth bothering with unless you are going "proper" racing or fitting a hot motor.

[SJoerD]

Actually, I think the opposite. All the speed tuned gears do, is changing the gear ratio in favor of more top speed. With 'hot motors' (lower turns), you often want a gearing more in favor of acceleration as you will otherwise fry the motor. Most mod motors have more power: far more RPM but often a little less torque. It's that 'lack' of torque you need to compensate for in the gearing... []

[GPZ1000RX]

I didn't know that Speed Tuned gears only gave you the necessary to raise the gearing (larger pinion/smaller spur). If so then they are a double waste of time unless you are going serious racing.

Thought I'd covered the low for revvy motors/ high for torquey motors bit tho:-)